Long before Wayne Rooney pulled on a pair of football boots another teenage terror from Merseyside was on the way to becoming England's most prolific goal scorer. Lily Parr played for the Dick Kerr Ladies who were founded in 1917.Ìý
The Dick Kerr Ladies were aÌýgroup of factory girls. They drew crowds in excess of fifty thousand and they became international soccer stars, before the women's game was effectively banned by the Football Association.
JenniÌýasksÌýLily's nephew about her exploits andÌýsome of the other Dick Kerr LadiesÌýremember their days on the pitch.
Ìý The Dick Kerr's Ladies by Barbara Jacobs is published by Constable and Robinson, ISBN 1841198285
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